The Buckhorn Mine is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Buckhorn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckhorn Mine
Secondary: Antelope Range Peterson Mt Area
Secondary: All
Secondary: Cnt. Hallelujah Junction Area
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Stateline Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Workings): URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR AS SMALL DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN ASH FLOW TUFFS OF HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. MINERALIZATION IS APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH NARROW, IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED VEINLETS. PRINCIPAL ZONE OF MINERALIZATION IS AT LEAST 140 FT LONG BY 90 FT WIDE, URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR IN 120' BY 20 FT WIDE. MINE OPERATORS HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING GRADES DURING THEIR OPERATION. A MODERATE TONNAGE OF MATERIAL AVERAGING SOMEWHAT LESS THAN 0.2% U3O8 IS STILL PRESENT. (GARSIDE, P 105.)
Comment (Location): ON CALIF-NEVADA BORDER
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, LJ, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973
Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM, RECON RPT 1152 (CALIFORNIA)
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO NEVADA, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
